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Fleurs d'orient [print] / par Gavarni.

Accession number
PML 141260.75
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1842?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Armelhault & Bocher.
With "Lith. Bertauts imp." directly below at left and "r. du Jour, 13." at right.
Lithograph published as an illustration for: Fleurs d'Orient / mélodie à Mademoiselle Félicie Beldon ; paroles de Mme. Mélanie Waldor ; musique d'Aristide de Latour offerte aux abonnés de la Sylphide, 1er Janvier 1842.
Library's copy printed on chine collé; the first of 6 states, untitled and printed before all letters.
Mounted onto bound album leaf measuring 371 x 280 mm.
Comprises plate 75 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141260).
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 151 x 166 mm; sheet: 305 x 233 mm
Provenance
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows two young women dressed in Middle Eastern manner, resting together on cushions on the ground beneath the leaves in an outdoor setting.
Classification
Department